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College Admissions and the Commodification of Experience
The academic social-media-o-sphere has been abuzz for the past couple of weeks with discussion of William Deresiewicz’s piece in the New Republic entitled “Don’t Send Your Kid to the Ivy League.” The piece was an obvious piece of clickbait (as Salon put … Continue reading
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What the Digital Humanities Can Do
If you’re like me, you’ve been hearing about Digital Humanities for a long time, without totally understanding what the term means. Or, more precisely, without totally understanding what of real value the “digital” can add to the “humanities.” The Digital … Continue reading
